It's no secret I love creative stuff and I love it even more when it's in the form of something that can be shared. What's even cooler is when this creative stuff just keeps getting added to. And added to. Like a book travelling the country with each person it stops with adding even more creativity. How cool would that be?
The Prima Life Journals are popping up all over the world and I've worked with Prima to create one that will be making it's way around New Zealand soon – more news about that soon, but first I'd love to share a little more about how it works.
Do you remember the old 'circle journals'? Books that were passed between an organised group of people, and they all completed a page until the book finally found it's way back to it's owner? This is a similar concept, but a little more relaxed. There is no organisation about where the book goes. There is no plan, just pass the book between scrapbookers (cardmakers, mixed media artists, anyone that wants to create!) to complete one page each until it's full, then it gets sent back to Prima to be admired forever more! There is only one major rule – and that is that the book has to be passed from person to person by hand, no sending in the mail.
I started with one of Prima's gorgeous albums. It's already amazing but I wanted to personalise it, make it uniquely something we could call ours, so I got to altering it.
I added white crackle paint around the edges of the album, took off the handle and covered the front and back with some of my favourite Tea Thyme paper. I loved the antique-old-worlde feel of the paper with the leather and brass fittings. The handle was super easy to get on and off too, handy, since I was imagining all sorts of ways of placing the paper around the handle until I figured out it just unscrews.
Then it was time to get in there with texture paste and my often-used 7×7 mask. (Love this one, use it all the time!)
After that I added scraps of papers, some older Prima vines and just started adding leftover Prima flowers in various colours… it's a GREAT way to use bits and pieces. I finished with some canvas pieces, gems, alphas and a whole lot of Tattered Angels GlimmerMists, and it was done.
This journal is ready to go. It's ready to have it's first page completed (that might be my next creative venture I think) and then it'll be looking for someone to be passed to. If you are in New Zealand and you think this looks fun, be sure to keep an eye out at crops, retreats and watch facebook to see when it might be circling near you. You don't need to sign up to be involved, just watch for it to be in your part of the country.
If you aren't in New Zealand but think this looks fun, you won't miss out! There are many of these journals circling the world, keep an eye out for when one might be near you, cool idea, huh?
Laters
Supplies:
- 560996 Flowers Mini Album
- 844691 Tea Thyme Marcella Paper
- 560898 7×7 Mask
- 552473 Avon Rose Northern Country flowers
- 561383 Interlude White flowers
- 560997 Banners and Tickets Canvas Pieces
- 548841 Corine Flowers
- 555498 FairyBelle Button Vine
- 550073 Alphas
- 560522 Gems
- 891565 Rusty Typo Zippers
- Other:
Tattered Angels GlimmerMist (Black Gold, Black Cherry, SWAK, Tuscan Sun, Tattered Leather)
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